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THE MORGAN MONI
VOL. IV. ]SIO. 43.
BOER BULLETS BLUFF WHITE
Advancing Britons Are Driven Back By
Kruger’s Artillery.
LADYSMITH IS
Advices From English Source
That One Hundred of White’s
Troops Were Slain.
Transvaal dispatches state that the
Boers began shelling Ladysmith at
r..on ’ i f, i ivr ’ 7 m0rm • ” g ...
fortv forty-pounders.
After seven shots the British guns
succeeded in silencing the Boer fire.
The naval brigade arrived at 9:30
ancl immediately commenced firing
with six heavy guns with great preci-
aion. The Boer forty-pounders
which had again begun to shell the
*own, were temporarily disabled at
the third and fifth shots. Brisk
ing was in progress on the right and
left flanks.
The advance was made at dawn with
the object of shelling the Boers from
the position, where Sunday they had
mounted a number of guns. On reach¬
ing the spot, however, it was found
that they had evacuated the position.
The British continued to advance
and the movement developed into a
veconnoiseance in force. The enemy
wero posted on a range of hills having
a frontage of about sixteen miles. The
British force was disposed in the fol-
lowing order-
On the right, three regiments of
oavalrv, four batteries of the Boyal
Field artillery and five battalions of
infantry; in the center, three batteries
of the ltoval Field artillery, toil two regi-
ments of cavalry and infantry
battalions, and on the Glouced^fiL left the Royal
Irish Fusiliers, tho
regiment and the Tenth mounted bat-
This force had been detailed to
guard the British left flank at a late
Lour Sunday night.
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source save* ' ° <! ° m
n t 1 ° >i 8 bl an M operations ..
•n- a. m as .1 e movement developed,
the.forceconstituing our center, which
a isposet under cover of a kopje
about three miles from town, should
throw itself upon the enemy while the
left flank was being held by the
liers and tho Gloncestershires. The
scheme was well devised, but failed in
execution, owing to tbe fact that the
Boer position, which formed our ob¬
jective, was evacuated.
Artillery Duel Occur*.
Our artillery quickly reduced the
volume of the enemy’s fire, but tho at¬
tack delivered on our right flank was
the principal one and the column was
compelled to change. The Boer at-
tack had been silenced for a time, and
our ahy. infantry advanced covered by
lhe enemy now began to develop a
heavy counter attack, and as they
were in great numerical superiority,
General Whito gave orders for the in-
fail try to gradually be withdrawn,
The movement was carried out with
great steadiness and deliberation un
der cover of our guns, which made ex-
cellent practice.
dome shells were thrown into !ho
town from the enemy’s forty-pounders
at a range of over 6,000 yards, but no
damage was done.
British I<osa Readies a Hundred.
The engagement lasted several hours
and resulted, on our side, iu casual¬
ties estimated nt from ninety to one
hundred. The Boev losses must have
largely tack exceeded this total. Tho at¬
right was and the almirably delivered by our
Boers were fairly driven
out of one of their strongholds near
Lombardskop. It
the wa3 not possible, however, to push
that success much farther, as beyond
point iay a long, broken ridge,
Of affording every kind of natural cover,
this the enemy took the fullest
vantage.
Our shells failed to dislodge the
Boers, and as onr infantry moved for-
ward in extended order they came un-
der a heavy and well directed fire', the
effect of which was soon apparent,
“SKELETON” TROOPS.
Soldier Iteturniiic Fr urn Philippine. Tell*
of Many Hardships.
Sergeant L. L. Richardson, who has
spent 14 months in the Philippines,
arrived in Pensacola, Fla., a day or
two ago euroute to his home in Chip-
ley. He enlisted at Fort Barrancas,
in 1895, and -was among the first
soldiers to land in the islands, being
attached to battery G, Third artillery,
Richardson states that his regiment 1
which went on duty over a year ago, ’
a fine body of men, are now almost i
skeletons of their former selves. At i
least 80 per cent, including himself,
have snffeied from dysentery and oth-
diseases. '
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SPANIARDS EXONERATED.
So One I, p.lnmetl For lhe Capitulation of
Santiago.
The bureau of naval intelligence at
esting Washington has made public an inter¬
document published in tbe
official organ of tho minister of war
at Madrid and containing the sentence
of the supreme council in the proceed¬
ings instituted because of tbe capitula¬
tion of Santiago in tbe summer of
1838. All tbe Spanish officers were
acquitted.
Ge ""’ 1 «"»• ™ * >»• -
| ter. seeing that the troops cn the right j
j were somewhat pressed, sent to their !
assistance the whole center of the
column, with the exception of the De-
vonshire regiment.
The battle had then lasted four hours,
dnring which tho artillery fire on both
sides had been almost incessant. The
Dayal brigade, which landed at Dor-
l? tho 11 end h \ d of a . rr j the ved fight ° n tbe and sccne immediate'y toward
brought their heavy guns into play.
I heir practice was magnificient. At
tbe fourth shot the enemy's fortv-
P°unders had been knocked out of no-
tion.
The town is now freed from appre-
I hensions of bombardment. Tbrough-
} 0U L the engagement, th? Boers held
thoir <? rounds ’ K ' itb R r «“ at courage and
“ on8,deri,, S the i^emsily of our artil-
"ZreW ^ ' y ' 7 V ° ** *
ADMIRAL DEWEY TO WED.
j
Notifies Intimate Friends of His
Engagemsntto Widow Hazeii
of Washington.
A Washington dispatch says: Ad-
miral Dewey has announced to some
lntl • te f rlend % f oUf h
“* S e “ !f en ? a «°-
“ 6 "‘ 1 ° , 7 r J' B IIoze “’ th e
of ^"^al Hazen ', formerly chief . s.g-
"® cor of the wm * ' yho dled
about ten years ago, and a sister ot
d ohniL McLean, Democratic candi-
d J el “°, 1 ° f ° bl0 j
(!h .! ld , ren ’ and ,
f ,DC ? her h ! K band 8 death !“» , “ nd8
? ,r t ho “® W . llh . ber mo ! j er 111 * a3h ‘
““ ° ’T ***?’
?*° th J V ‘ 0rt * f Y ear8 of a ? e ' 7w "“ P T hlD(
“ “ ‘ “l “ £
£' a j* e d date ,h ° f the veddln « lmS Uot
A delegation of citizens of Tennes-
,7° “l 10 "" !l “ brst ,ear “ ot
tbeadnllrai 8 engagement. Headed by
Representative Games, of that state,
thyy ca,led ear! y iu the ev<,niB S to t ’ x -
an invitation to the admiral to bo
,, r csont in Nashville on the occasion of
the re t nrn homo of the First Tennessee
wgiment from Mani i a . The admiral
eX p resse( j the great pleasure ‘ it would
afford }lim to be pre ent on tUat occa .
sion bat nrged s the pressure t of official
duti g 8
There were other matters also, he
said, which intervened to prevent his
going, and he finally admitted that he
bad just secured the promise of his
intended bride to become Mrs,Dewey.
The admiral was warmly congratulated
by the members of tbe delegation.
BOARD'S FIRST MEETING.
l’liillprilue Commissioners Get to Work
Benina closed Boors,
A AVashingtou dispatch says: Tho
Philippine commission had its first
meeting at the quarters selected for
them in tlie Arlington Monday. Pro- j
fessor Schumann, for whose arrival
the other members have been wailing,
reached Washington during the morn-
ing and paid an early cal! at the state
department, after which he wont to the
commissions’ room, where Admiral j j
Dewey and ColoDel Dauby were wait-
ing. .
It was announced before the meet-
ing that all the sessions would be se-
cret and that none of the deliberations
would be made public until the com- |
mission had finished its labors. J
P R K A (J K E KSE N 1)0 BSE MEASURE, j
Will Co-Operate With Red oration of La- i
ho r In Advocacy of Child Labor IJJ11.
At a meeting of the Methodist Min-
isters’ body pledged association its of co-operation Atlanta, Ga , that tbe j j
to
Georgia Federation of Labor in its
efforts to secure the passage of tho
bill to regulate child-labor in factories, j
This bill was originated by the Fed- j j
eration of Labor. Its object is to pre-
vent children under the age of ten
from workshops working and in other factories, manufacturing mines, |
mechanical establishments of the '
or
state; tween and the to prevent of ten and children fourteen be- j
ages j
from working in such establishments
except under certain conditions. j
OTTMAR MEKGEXTHALER DEAD.
!
Inventor of Type Settirifj Machine a Vic¬
tim of Consumption.
of Ottmar the linotype Mergenthaler, setting machine, the inventor died |
in Baltimore Saturday morning of
cosumption. He was born in Ger-
many on May 10th, 1854.
Mr. Mergenthaler’s invention, the
linotype, revolutionized the printing
business and all papers of the leading
cities use the machines.
Mr. Mergenthaler sold the invention
to capitalists, reserving the right to j
repair machines at bis works at Locust
Point, Baltimore. His invention is j
conceded to be the greatest of the con- j
tury.
IMMIGRANTS POURING IN.
Barit* Office In New York City Dos Mach
Work To Do.
Sunday was a very busy day at the
were 373 steerage passengers. The
621 in the steerage of the Campania j
were landed and the 642 on the Kaiser j
Wilhelm der Grosse passed through,
The California brought 377, La Tour- j
ftino 577 and the Rotterdam 794. i
MORGAN. GA.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1899.
YOUNG CORNELIUS CUT OFT.
Mnlti-MUIionairo Vanderbilt’s Will Is
Made Public.
Tile will of the late Cornelius Van¬
derbilt has been made public. It
shows that Cornelias Vanderbilt, Jr.,
the ®on of the deceased, who married
Miss Grace Wilson against the wishes
of the father, has been cat oft' with a
Gwynne Vanderbilt and the other ehii-
?Ven of the deceased. The will is an
interesting document, as it disposes of
0118 °f the greatest estates in the eonn-
try. Itsprovisions were announced iu a
statement issued by Senator Cliami-
ce J Depew.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt inherits
the larger portion of his father’s
^ * an Une del Lilt »« d family, becomes lhe the head will of makes the
|'o mention of the marriage of Corne-
ms Vanderbilt, Jr., to Miss Wilson,
uor to an N quarrel between father and
son because of the union, but appa-
rently the father s displeasure was
visited upon the elder son. He re-
ceived all told, under the terms of the
$1,500,000, and $1,000,000
of this is held m trust lry the executors,
Alfred Gwynne \ andorbilt is, of
course, the residuary legatee and will
possess a fortune of probably forty to
filty million dollars. Gladys, Bogi-
nald amt Gertrude (Mrs. Harry Payne
\\ liitney), will receive about $7,500,-
000 each, Lut Mr. Depew states that
Alirgd ... . wi.l from lus share enough
give
to Cornelius to make the latter as rich
as his brother and sisters. Alfred
atiout ’U’/tfnna vO,0J0,0j wi' 0. lta overto Cornelius
The will of Cornelius Vanderbilt is
dated .Tune 18,1896, and the two codi-
,1 l-, t Sf re ftre d ! ted
April A -4, «o, 1897, and 1 April , 4, 1899.
PAR LX AMENT PROROGUE D.
Queen AsUs llivine messing Upon Kffort
Ti> Whip The Boers.
The English parliament was pro¬
rogued- at London Friday afternoon
until January 15.
The queen’s speech was in part as
follows:
“My Lords and Gentlemen: I am
happy to be able to release you of the
exceptional duties which have been
imposed upon you by the exigencies
of public services.
I congratulate you on the brilliant
qualities which have been displayed
by the brave regiments upon whom
the task of repelling the invasion of
my South African possessions has been
laid. In doing so, I cannot but ex¬
press my profound sorrow that so
many gallant oilieers and soldiers
should have fallen in tho performance
of their duty.
“My Lords and Gentlemen; I trust
that the divine blessing may rest upon
your efforts and those of my gallant
army to restore peace and good gov¬
ernment to that portion of my empire
and to vindicate the honor of this
country.”
RIVERA WAS FIRED.
Former Civil Governor of Havana Did Not
KegJgn as KeporteU.
A special from Havana says: Gen¬
eral Buis Rivera, formerly civil gover-
nor of the province of Havana, whose
withdrawal from the governorship was
cabled Thursday evening as a resigua- °He
tion, denies that be resigned.
says lie was dismissed and that lie
does not know upon what grounds tho
dismissal was ordered,
He admits that he had recently re-
marked that he would resign in the
event that, at least one out of three
nominations he had made to public
office was not approved, but he at-
tributes his dismissal to the direct in¬
fluence of Senor Domingo Mendoz
Capote, secretary of state in the ad-
cab,net vi Governor General
BRITISH AVON AT KIMBERLEY.
Advices State That. Roera Were Repulsed
At That Point.
A special dispatch of Friday from
Capetown gives details of the defeat
of 700 Boers by the British north of
Kimberley, Wednesday, in which the
enemy was completely routed with
heavy loss, the British loss being
three killed and twenty men, including
two officers, wounded,
The Boers were entrenched strongly
seven miles northward and the British
brilliantly carried the enemy’s position
without serious loss. It is said that
the Boers twice unfairly used a white
flag.
DEWEY IS THANKFUL.
Exp reuse. Jiis Appreciation of the Gift of
ji Home.
Frank A. Vanderlip, chairman of
the Dewey home committee, has re¬
ceived the following letter from the
admiral: *
“Washington, October 26.—Dear
Sir: I acknowledge the receipt this
day of the title deeds to the beautiful
house presented to me by my country-
men. My heart is full of gratitude to
them for this overwhelming expression
of their regard for me and I request
that you will also accept and convey
to the committee tny heartfelt thanks
for you and their efforts. Vcrv sin-
cerely yours, Geohgu Dewey.”
NASHVILLE WANTS M’KIXLEY.
,,ele ““ t,on Beturnins lr,v1 '"" I ' re,i,, Troops. " ht |
;
A M ashing dispatch says: A dele-
lntata ‘Monday ami invited them to
V!Mt Nashville . on the occasion of the ;
reception to he g.vcn the First Ten- j
ncr.see volunteer regiment, which is :
"°' v on 18 wa Y home from tho Philip- !
F 1Ue,f ' j
i
WILL BENEFIT
THE FARMERS
Agricultural Commissioners Adopt
Important Resolution.
WILL URGE STANDARD WEIGHTS
! And Proper Classification of the
South’s Fleecy Staple.
Meeting Adjourns.
The association of commissioners of
• , t f th u states
a « namt we of uie cotton states com- com
pleted,its work in Atlanta, Ga., In-
I day and the convention adjourned to
j meet on January 10th in New Orleans.
, The final session was one of the
moat important of the three days’ con-
venvion, and the full report of the
committee on resolutions was read and
adopted.
The convention declared to put forth
j its ard most earnest efforts to secure stand-
weights and proper classification
of cotton in the states represented in
the membersbip of the convention.
A resolution was adopted restricting
the membership of the convention to
the. following states and territories:
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Texas,
Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi,Flor-
ida, North and South Carolina, Vir-
ginia and West Virginia, Tennessee,
Kentuck y< California, territories of
Oklahoma, the Indian Nation, New
Mexieo and Arizona.
The convention unanimously decid-
ed to go to work to get agriculture
taught in the graded schools of the
states which are members of the ass o-
ciation.
A A cordial cordial invitation invitation was was extended extended
capitalists and manufacturers to come
to the south and invest their money. !
Manual training was most cordially I
of indorsed the convention and the aid and promised. co-operation j
was , ■
I armers’institutes were warmly ap-
proved, and resolutions endorsing j
convention. them were passed unanimously by the J
A resolution thanking the j
and the general assembly, governor j
the mayor j
of tion Atlanta, and the the assistant commissioner commissioner, of educa- j i
the secretary of the convention and
q! 8 n j&ssr Ti 7 £ 'i ».x y r 9S am “ ]
(> .
The action of the convention in do- !
daring for standard weights and class!-
Sa'inldTtl tantthing that has a been 1 S tbe m08 undertaken 1 t T ! n C1 "
£
export buyers and the producers them-
zsiliSV,'::, f ... r, r <„ o,
since it was first begun in the earliest
days of the south and agriculture.
Just how this standard weight and
classification is to be brought about
has not been stated, nor have any of
the details connected with tho pro-
posed revolution and regeneration
been outlined, but the mere fact that
may appear, has been made to fight
down the annual reclamations that
come across tho water to rob the mor-
chant and the farmer alike of whatever
ssr *" ..... - **"* “•
By President Stevens, the following
resolution was read and adopted, look¬
ing toward securing standard weights
and classification of cotton:
“Whereas, The annual loss accruing
each year in tbe handling of the cotton
crop, growing out of the ioss of weights
and failure of the bale to come up to
the sample classification, which is due
to tho fact that there is no standard sys¬
tem of weights and classification, and
"Whereas, these reclamations de¬
stroy fhe profits of the business to the
merchant and is indirectly taken from
the pockets of the producer.
“Be it resolved by this convention,
That we use onr earnest and energetic
efforts to bring about the proper stand¬
ard weights and classification of the
staple, urging such legislation as to
bring about tbe desired result, and
“Be it resolved further, That we in¬
vite the assistance and co-operation
of such exporters of cotton who realize
the importance of the movement and
who are, from experience, in position
to furnish substantial aid.”
The convention, without doubt, is
one of the most important, if indeed
not the most important, that has met
in the south in years, for it has for its
purpose the rendering of substantial
aid to the farmer, the fountain source
of all material success and prosperity.
Won’t Recognize Castro.
A dispatch from Caracas, Venezuela,
says: The foreign ministers met last
Thursday at the American legation,
and decided not to recognize the Cas¬
tro government without instructions
from thoir respective governments.
ARBITRATE LABOR TROUBLE.
Pensacola Mill Strike Will Be Settled In
Few Weeks.
executive meeting It was agreed to set-
tJe tbe strike by J arbitration,
Xhe sett i em9nt wU1 be made about
November 25, and the meantime all
j aborerg will return to their work on
same rules as heretofore.
WORKOFTHE SOLONS
General Assembly May Visit State
University In a Body.
A RESOLUTION PROVIDING THEREFOR
Semite Occupies a Day’s Session In Con-
firmitiff Nominations ISy tho
Governor,
A resolution was introduced in the
Georgia house of representstires Mon¬
day providing for the attendance at
the next commencement of the State
university of the entire general assem-
bly, together with the governor state
Rortso officials, supreme court judges
and representatives of all prominent
educational institutions in Georgia
The resolution is by Hon. H. II. Carl-
ton, of Clarke.
it is proposed that tlie general as-
sembly shall meot,in Athens visiting in its or-
ganized capacity as a oommit-
tee. At the same time the resolution
proposes that a grand Chautauqua shall
he held, a program of exercises to be
direction arranged under the auspices and
of the trustees, chancellor
and faculty of the university. This
will include a series of leotures or ad-
dresses by leading literary men and
educators of the country,
A bill was introduced by Mr. Bass,
of Habersham, which prohibits all
state and county officers from charg-
ing mileage when traveling on free
passes white in the discharge of their
duties The'
joint committee of three from
the house and two from tho senate »p-
pointed to investigate and report upon
the operation and results of the North¬
eastern railroad made its report. The
report showed the physical condition
of the road good and much improved
under state management.
A A bill bill by by Mr. Mr. Bower Bower of of Decatur, Decatur,
providing for railroads crossing each
other and regulating such crossings,
was the first to pass Monday and the
second of the session. The bill gives
private private railroads railroads permission permission when when nec- nec-
to reach minerals, timber or
other similar materials, the right to
cross tho tracks of other railroads,
subject to the same restrictions, lia-
bilities and penalties and governed by
the same rules ns to crossing as now
provided by law for chartered rail-
roads.
SenBte Conflrm , Appolntmenu .
Tll « session of tho senate was wholly
of »-*»
mations judges and solicitors as
86 " tb T Go '’” ^ndler
ll8t °* flW, ° IUt '
H- M. Reid, to be judge of the city
conrt of Atlanhl ,
e t” \ w a », u -“tv?
‘'V'/' „ 7 C0Urt ° ( f , Ala ” ta fr , °“ ,he 23(1
C ~ .^T ,Twm V° 7 ° ^ ° { ‘ he
hamue ' J : ^‘ nn , to 1B B ld f of t 4 tbe ,
“ty , ( court inthe county of Gwinnett
the t / ,e county ° rg “ W court ‘ J , ord ff Pulaski , tob6 county ^ d « e of
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^Tr * ^ ll- V P ’ T 7 ^ n to ^ he l u d * e of tUe
ATltfX p b 7S. f o, ,h.
county court of Hancock county.
B. W. Peoples to be solicitor of the
city court in the county of Gwinnett.
D. B. Jay to be solicitor of the
county court of Irwin county.
Howell Beazley to be solicitor of the
county court of Lee county.
Leon P. Greer to be solicitor of the
county court of Macon county.
E. W. Butler to be solicitor of the
county court of Morgan county.
J. F. Rogers to be solicitor of the
county court of Newton county.
R. G. Mitchell, Jr., to be judge of
the county court of Pierce county.
J. D. McKenzie to be solicitor of
the county court of Colquitt county.
A. N. King to be solicitor of the
county court of Franklin county.
J. W. Edmondson to be solicitor of j
tbe county court of Brooks county.
Walter A. Milton to bo solicitor of
the county court of Pierce county.
PROPOSALS TOO INDEFINITE.
General Oils Again Knfuieii to Talk to
Filipino J{er>jre»entntivn«.
A special from Manila says: General
Otis has replied to the three insurgent
officers who entered Angeles a few
days ago with a request made through
General MacArthur for permission for
a Filipino commission headed by a
Filipino major-general, to visit Gen¬
eral Otis in order to discuss peace
terms and to arrange for the delivery
of more American prisoners, that the
desired interview cannot be granted
because tbe suggested propositions of
the Filipinos are vague, indefinite
find unmilitary.
FURNITURE PRICES ADVANCE.
Its# Klifl In Announced fiy the Grand
Ilnpidft Furniture Company,
The announcement is made that all
grades of furniture will be advanced 10
to 20 per cent ip price, as a result of
the efforts of tbe Grand Itapids Furni¬
ture association. The advance will iu-
clude parlor, chamber, extension table
and desk fu*ni*lre, and will take
effect almost immediately.
ANTI-PASS BILL SHELVED.
Important Measures Introduced In
the Georgia Legislature
at Friday's Session.
Two important bills, both of which
had been favorably reported, were de¬
feated in the Georgia house of repre¬
sentatives Friday. Mr. Hall, of Bibb,
was the author of the measures.
The first was one which has before
made its appearance in the Georgia
legislature, prohibiting the issuing of
pnss 2 S and franks to all state, county
arid city officials.
There was a lively debate over tlie
measure, but it Was finally shelved on
a motion to table by Mr. MeLoughlin,
of Meriwether.
Mr. Hall, the author of the bill, de-
siviug to put every member on record,
called for an aye and nay vote. The
result was 81 to 63 in favor of tabling
the bill. Mr. Hall then gave notice
of a motion to reconsider.
In the senate the most important
bill was that introduced by Senator
MoLester, of tho Columbus district,
which provides for the holding of a
convention of the people of Georgia
for the purpose of revising the consti¬
tution.
The plan is to let the new constitu¬
tion as revised go before the people
for ratification. The bill provides for
the calling of an election by the gov¬
ernor immediately after the enactment
for the election of delegates to the con¬
vention. The election is to be held
on tho the second Monday in January and
convention tho first Wednesday in
June following.
will According to tho bill the delegates
vote either for or against tho con¬
vention. The representation in the
convention is to be based on popula¬
tion in the ratio of one delegate to
every 6,000 inhabitants. The bill pro¬
vides for an appropriation of $30,000
for holding the election.
SCHLEY TALKS OF TRIE.
Hero of Huntingo Says Ho Will INmi
lively Visit Atinnta and lUrmlnaluxm.
A Washington dispatch says: The
next distinguished man to Visit At¬
lanta, Ga., will be Rear Admiral Schley.
He will spend the Ith and 5th of No¬
vember in Atlanta, leaving on the
morning of the 6th for Birmingham,
Ala.
When a press correspondent called
upon tho admiral Friday morning ho
was busily engaged packing up tho
gifts which ho has received from the
people. The medal from the legisla¬
ture doltar of Maryland, the five thortsand-
set of silver from eotno friends
of his state, swords galore and loving
cups were all being placed in a box to
be sent to the safoty vault company.
“I am anxious to go into the south,
but my time is very limited," said the
admiral. “I have written to Birming¬
ham that I will he there for the 0th
and 7tli, and have made my arrange¬
ments so as to spend the 4th and 5th
in Atlanta. 1 do not see how I can
accept, any other invitations before I
take this cruise. On my return I will
be in command of my own time and
can then make my plans according to
my desires.”
Tho committee headed by Commis¬
sioner Ross came in to see tbe admiral
about the movement to present him
with a home in the capital. The move¬
ment, promises to be one of the great
magnitude. Cities oil over the coun¬
try are vying with each other in form¬
ing committees to take charge of the
work. Great, enthusiasm is shown
here for tlie project, and it is thought
tho subscriptions will double the
amount raised for the Dewey home.
The admiral has discouraged the
movement, but it lias now progressed
beyond him and is assured of success.
The feeling which prompts tho move¬
ment is as much one of resentment to¬
ward tho navy department as in admi¬
ration of the gallant admiral.
Tho admiral lias urged all those who
have colled on him to see to it that
only a modest home, if any at all, be
secured for him, bnt tho committee
thinks now that at least a hundred
thousand dollars will be raised with¬
out trouble.
Big Furnace Changes Hands.
A special from Mt. Telia, Ala.,says:
J. P. Hoffman, of Milwauke, Wis.,
and W. H. Weller, of Gadsden, Ala.,
have purchased tho Jenifer furnace
property, near Chattanooga, Tenn.,
paying $200,000. They will begin
operation at once.
HIGHWAYMEN MAKE HAUL.
Treasurer of Cnble Dine itohheil of
In Ilraad Day.
At St. Louis Monday noon Robert
B. Jennings, secretary and treasurer
of the Broadway Cable Line, was
robbed of $1,043 in cash and $48,750
ill checks while standing on the rear
platform of a Broadway car at Broad¬
way and Washington avenue.
The robbery, committed in broad
daylight, on one of the busiest corners
of St. Louis, is regarded as one of the
most daring crimes in the history of
local police annals.
ALLEGED HEIRESS INDICTED.
Mr*. Gates Ituncued People On Strength
of Supposed Legacy.
Mrs. Hettie B. Gates, the barber’s
wife, who claimed to have faljen heir
to a fortune of $3,500,000 from an un¬
cle in Cornwall, England, has been in¬
dicted by the grand jury at Minneap¬
olis for grand larceny in the second
degree, and is now in custody. Mrs.
Gates has for more than a year obtaia-
B d unlimited credit among local trades-
iaeu *” d ot hers on the strength of the
« le K« d le « ao 7- Investigation showed
tbat there wt,s uo fortni * 0 ’
$1 P
A FERRY BO
CUT IN TWAIN
Steamer City of Augusta, of the
Savannah Lies, Has Collision.
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FORTY PEOPLE WERE ABOARD
Ferry Goat Went Down Quickly
and Left Occupants Strug¬
gling In the Water.
The Pennsylvania ferry boat Chi¬
cago, plying between Jersey City and
New York, was cut in two by the
Btoamcr City of Augusta, of the Sa¬
vannah steamship line, at 12:35 Tues¬
day morning, on the New York side of
North river. Sha went down in seven
or eight minutes. There were between
thirty and forty people aboard, four
being women. acci¬
In spite of tbe severity of the
dent, there was no panic. Most of
the people were on the upper deck
and only half a dozen persons were on
the lower deck. Most of tho persons
managed to obtain life preservers;
some others who could not, about half
a dozon, swam ashore.
Tho iivo or six persons who started
from the lower deck assisted each other
in getting ashore. One or two were
without life preservers, but they all
assisted each other and succeeded in
getting to the pier safely.
There was considerable shouting for
help, the people on the boat calling
for small boats to come to their assist-
auce. No small boats were launched,
however, probably owing to tbe brief
period of time which elapsed between
tho cutting in two and tho sinking.
The Savannah liner was evidently
cc-mitig up tho river at the time of the
accident, while the ferry boat Chicago
was headed straight across from the
New Jersey shore for tho New York
slip.
The Oily of Augusta stopped after
tho accident, tint apparently no boats
wore launched, and in the brief spaco
of time which elapsed nothing waa
done to assist, the persons in tho wa¬
ter. Estimates made by persons who
succeeded in escaping vary widely.
Borne thought that no loss of life
resulted, while others believed that at
least, a score of persons were drawn
into the whirling stream as .the ferry
boat sank.
Captain Durham, who commanded
tho ferryboat Chicago, succeeded in
making his escape. Ho says that he
has accounted for all the members of
his crew except Fireman Fiomme. He
thinks that Fromme was either
drowned or crushed to death in tho
stoke hold.
HOBART DESPERATELY ILL.
Vice President Suffers a Relapse
And His Condition Reported
As Very Alarming:.
A Now York special says: Vice
President Hobart, who has been ill
for weeks at his home in Paterson, N.
J., suffered a relapse Monday morning.
He had a succession of choking spells,
resulting from an imperfect action of
the heart, an old affliction complicated
with inflammation of tho stomach.
Mr. Iloburt has not been able to, at- ,
tend to his private .affair-- Air
days, and an intimate friehfi has been
given power of attorney to sign checks
and attend to other matters of that
character.
said One of the physicians in attelBi ice
at 6 o’clock Monday niglHQl hat
while the condition of Mr. Hobart was
scriouH, lie was Homo better.
A Washington special says: The
news that Vico President Hobart has
suffered a severe relapse, and might
not be able to survive lhe latest attack,
shocked Washington, whero he is de¬
cidedly popular and highly respected.
It had been known for somo time that
a sudden attack might completely pron-
trato him at any moment, and it was
realized that his'days of activity were
over, but nevertheless his friends at
tho capital were not prepared for Mon¬
day's news.
Tho vico president’s case was alarm¬
ing a large part of last winter, and at
Thomasville, Ga., his condition be¬
came so grave during a visit with the
president to tho home of Sonator
Hanna that it could uot loucrer be con¬
cealed from Mrs. Hobart, though kept
from tho sick man himself. Vico
President Hobart returned north ear-
Her than expected, because the south¬
ern climate did not give him the relief
hoped for. He failed to improve much
and has been almost an invalid ever
since.
Bank Dividend Ready.
Tho comptroller of the currency has
declared a 2j per cent, dividend in fa¬
vor of the creditors of the Oglethorpe
National bank, of Brunswick, Ga.
GENERAL HENRY DEAD.
r.atn Military Governor of I’orto Hioo
Kxplres At Mis Koine In New York.
Brigadier General Guy V. Henry,
United .States unny, late military gov¬
ernor of Porto Rico, died in New York
Friday morning, aged sixty years.
At his bedside were all the members
of his family except his son, Captain
Guy V. Henry, Jr., who is
Philippines.